Submitted Surnames from Locations

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midorino Japanese
Midori means "green" and no means "field, plain".

Midou Japanese

Midoumaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midthun Norwegian (?)
A habitational name of western Norway descent from Old Norse mith 'middle' + tún 'enclosure farmstead.'

Midtsjø Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian midte meaning "middle, center" and sjø meaning "sea, lake".

Mieda Japanese

Miedema West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian miede "meadow, hayfield" and the suffix -ma "one of the men of".

Miedinger German
Habitational name for someone from Meitingen in Württemberg.

Mier Low German, Flemish
Variant of Meer.

Mieras Catalan
Castilianized form of Mieres, a habitational name from Catalan and Asturian-Leonese Mieres, towns in Catalonia and Asturies.

Miglinieks Latvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.

Mignano Italian
Possibly taken from the Mignano Monte Lungo commune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania.

Mignogna Italian
In part a Southern Italian a habitational name from Mignogna, a minor place in Foggia province.

Mihara Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mijangos Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Cuesta Urria.

Mijima Japanese
Variant of Mishima.

Mikami Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".

Miki Japanese
Miki means "three" and ki means "tree". ... [more]

Miki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Mikkelsaar Estonian
Mikkelsaar is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Mikkel (Mihkel)" and "saar", meaning island; "Mikkel's island".

Mikumo Japanese
Mi can mean "beautiful" or "three" and kumo means "cloud".

Milán Spanish
Spanish form of Milan.

Milan Italian, French
Habitational name from the Italian city of Milan (see Milano).

Milanés Spanish
habitational name for someone from Milan in Italy (see Milano) from milanés an adjectival form of the place name. Variant of Milan.

Milanese Italian
One who came from Milan.

Milanesi Italian
It comes from the Italian city of Milan, in Lombardia (northern Italy), where it is most used

Milazzo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from Milazzo in Messina province.

Milbourne English
Variant form of Milburn.

Milholland English

Milhouse English
Variant spelling of Millhouse.

Militão Portuguese (Brazilian)
Locational surname denoting someone who lives near a military base.

Mill Scottish, English
Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere ‘to grind’)... [more]

Millare Spanish (Philippines)
Possibly a variant of Millares.

Millares Galician
Habitational name from any of various places named Millares in Galicia, from the plural of Galician millar meaning "millet field".

Milley English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place possibly in Lincolnshire.

Millington English
Parishes in Cheshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Mims English (British)
Habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal name, Mimmas.

Mimura Japanese

Mimura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Minagawa Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minagro Sicilian
Minagro: A Sicilian surname, with Latin & Greek etymological origins. Min: from Latin minusculus/little or small — Agro: from both Latin agro/field & Greek αγρό agro/field

Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minamide Japanese
From 南 (minami, nan) meaning "south" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Minamihisamatsu Japanese

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamishima Japanese

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minari Japanese

Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).

Minato Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour".

Minaya Spanish
From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".

Mindanao Tagalog
From the name of the second largest island in the Philippines, which was derived from the name of the Maguindanao people (see Mindanao).

Minde German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Minden.

Minden German, English
Habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Westphalia (German) or Shropshire (English).

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Mineharu Japanese

Minematsu Japanese

Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".

Minervino Italian
a habitational name from either of two places, Minervino di Lecce or Minervino Murge, in the provinces of Lecce and Bari, which take their names from ancient temples dedicated to the Roman goddess Minerva.

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Minghella English (British)
It derives from the Roman (Latin) "Dominicus", meaning "belonging to the lord god", from "dominus", lord or master. The name was given considerable impetus by the fame of the Spanish saint "Dominicus", who founded the Dominican order of monks, although it was already well established.

Minnieweather African American
Anglicised version of Mannweiler, a municipality in Germany.

Mino Japanese

Minoda Japanese

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

Minota Japanese

Minsky Belarusian, Russian
Refers to the city named "Minsk" in Belarus.

Miota Japanese

Mirabella Italian, Sicilian
Italian (Campania and Sicily): habitational name from Mirabella Eclano in Avellino or Mirabella Imbaccari in Catania, or from various places with the name Mirabello, all named from medieval Latin mira, "viewpoint", and bella, "beautiful"... [more]

Mirajkar Marathi
Means "one from Miraj" in Marathi. Miraj is a city located in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Misaki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Misato Japanese

Misawa Japanese
Mi could mean "three" or "beautiful", and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".

Misawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mise Japanese

Miseroole French, South African

Mishani Hebrew

Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Misirlou Greek
Misirlou (Μισιρλού), due to the suffix "ou", is the feminine form (in Greek) of Misirlis (Μισιρλής- a surname) which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic مِصر‎ Miṣr) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian".

Miskinis Lithuanian
Topographic name from miškinis ‘forest’, ‘forest spirit’. This name is also established in Poland.

Misora Japanese
Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".

Missingham English
The name means "lost home", and it's from the Old English words "missan" and "ham".

Missoni Italian, Friulian
Of uncertain meaning.

Misumi Japanese
Mi means "three" and sumi can mean "dwelling, residence, abode" or "corner, nook".

Mita Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mitaka Japanese
There is a city in Tokyo with this name. It is spelled using 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "falcon, eagle, hawk". As a surname, it could likely be spelled using 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" as well.

Mitamura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Mitani Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Mitcham English
Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".

Mitchem English
Variant of Mitcham.

Mitham English

Mito Japanese

Mitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitsubori Japanese
Variant of Mitsuhori.

Mitsuda Japanese

Mitsugai Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsugaya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsuhashi Japanese
From 三 (mitsu) meaning "three" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Mitsui Japanese
From the Japanese 三 (mi or san) and 井 (i) "well." The grammatical and phonetic add-on ツ (tsu) is not always included in this name's spelling.

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsukawa Japanese

Mitsukura Japanese

Mitsumatsu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Mitsunaga Japanese

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsutani Japanese
From 満 (mitsu, mitsuru, michiru) meaning "full; satisfy" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".... [more]

Mitsuya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mittag German
Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.

Mittel German
Literally "middle", probably a topographic name from a farm occupying a middle position in a settlement. Compare Mitter.

Mitten English
English surname, meaning "from Mitten" various towns with the name or similar spelling. The towns were presumably named after the glove.

Mitter German
Topographic name for someone who lived on or owned a property that was in the middle between two or more others, especially if the others were both held by men with the same personal name (for example, Mitter Hans), from the strong form of Middle High German mitte "mid, middle".

Mittermaier German
Variant of Mittermeier.

Mittermeier German (Austrian)
Literal meaning "middle farmer" its thought to have been given to farmers living between two there farms in the mountains.

Mitton English (Modern)

Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Miyabe Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Miyaboshi Japanese
Variant of Miyahoshi.

Miyada Japanese

Miyadera Japanese

Miyagi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 城 (gi) meaning "castle".

Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Miyaguchi Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 口 (guchi or kuchi) "mouth," "opening."

Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Miyahoshi Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple, palace" and hoshi means "star".

Miyaichi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "a shrine; a palace" and 一 (ichi) meaning "one".... [more]

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

Miyaki Japanese
Miya means "shrine" and ki means "tree, wood ".

Miyako Japanese (Rare)
Miyako means "capital" in vocabulary, but as a last name, it's written in the same characters as Kyoto.

Miyakoshi Japanese

Miyakuni Japanese
Miya means "Shrine, temple" and kuni "country".

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Miyamori Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple" and mori means "forest".

Miyanagi Japanese

Miyanichi Japanese
Miya means "temple, palace, shrine" and nichi means "sun, day".

Miyano Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Miyara Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 良 (ra) "good."

Miyares Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Piloña.

Miyasaka Japanese

Miyasaka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Miyasaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 宮崎 (see Miyazaki).

Miyasato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Miyasawa Japanese

Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".

Miyashiro Japanese
"Shrine Castle".

Miyatera Japanese

Miyatō Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Miyauchi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Miyawaki Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyazato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizaki Japanese
Variant of Misaki.

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizen English

Mizoe Japanese
From 溝 (mizo) meaning "gully, drain, ditch, trench, gap, gutter" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet, bay".

Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizoroge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mizoroke.

Mizoroke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 深泥池 (Mizoro-ga-Ike) meaning "Mizoro Lake", a lake in Kyōto, Kyōto, Japan.

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizugai Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizugawa Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizuguchi Japanese
Variant of Mizukuchi.

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".

Mizui Japanese
Mizu means "water" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mizuki Japanese
Variant of Mitsuki.

Mizukuchi Japanese
Mizu means "water" and kuchi means "mouth, opening".

Mizumo Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mo means "cloud".

Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".

Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Mizunokoji Popular Culture

Mizunoue Japanese

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizuse Japanese
Mizu means "water" and se means "ripple".

Mizuseki Japanese

Mizuta Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizuwara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuya Japanese
Variation of Mizutani.

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Mizuzaki Japanese
Variant of Mizusaki.

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Mješicy Sorbian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Upper Sorbian municipality of Bukecy.

Mlima Swahili
From Swahili meaning "mountain".

Młodychowiak Polish
Habitational name for somebody who comes from the district of Młodych in Poland.

Moat Scottish
Habitational name from either of two places in Dumfriesshire called Moat, named from Middle English mote ‘moat’, ‘ditch’, originally referring to the whole system of fortifications. In some cases it may have been a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a moated dwelling.

Moats English
Variant of Moat.

Moberley English
English habitational name from Mobberley in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘clearing with a fortified site where assemblies are held’, from (ge)mot ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’ + burh ‘enclosure’, ‘fortification’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Mochida Japanese
From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Moclin Spanish
A town positioned outside of Granada and Toledo Spain, its current occupants number in the thousands. But, 700’s this town was positioned in a mist of sprawling Moorish control. And, for the next 800 years, it was the epic center of Europe’s culture and medicine... [more]

Modafferi Italian
Variant of Modaffari.

Modena Italian, Judeo-Italian
Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.

Modigliani Italian
Used by Sepharditic Jews, this surname comes from the Italian town of Modigliana, in Romagna. Famous bearers of this surname include painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) and Nobel Prize in Economics recipient Franco Modigliani (1918–2003).

Modzelewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Modzel or Modzele, both derived from Polish modzel meaning "callus".

Moes Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch moes "stew, mush, vegetables, food", either on its own as a nickname for a cook or vegetable farmer, or as a shortened form of a longer name, such as the toponym Moespot "vegetable pot".

Moffat Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Am Magh Fada.

Moffatt Scottish
Means "person from Moffatt", Dumfries and Galloway ("long plain").

Mogi Japanese
From 茂 (mo) meaning "lush" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".... [more]

Mohač Croatian
Croatian form of Mohácsi.

Mohácsi Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from Mohács, a city in Hungary.

Mohedano Spanish

Mohrbacher German
Likely arose as a name for those living near Morbach, Germany

Mohylyov m Russian (Ukrainianized), Belarusian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian form of Mogilyov, which is derived directly from the city in Belarus.

Moinho Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "mill".

Mõisaäär Estonian
Mõisaäär is an Estonian surname meaning "manor edge/periphery".

Mol Dutch
Means "mole (animal)" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for someone with poor eyesight or who was known for digging, an occupational name for a mole catcher, or a habitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.

Moldovan Romanian

Moldovsky Russian
One who came from Moldova.

Molen Dutch
From Dutch meaning "mill".

Moleski Polish
A variation of Molski, originated from the many places in Poland called "Mole".

Molí Catalan
From Catalan meaning "mill".

Molière French, Haitian Creole
habitational name from La Molière the name of several places in various parts of France.

Molin French, Occitan, Venetian
France: From medieval French meaning "mill".... [more]

Molino Italian, Spanish
From Spanish and Italian meaning "mill".

Mølle Danish
From Danish meaning "mill".

Molyneux French
Possibly a habitational name from Moulineux, meaning "mill of the waters", or derives from the Old French name De Molines or De Moulins, meaning "mill". The surname has been linked to a large French family that settled in Lancashire from France.

Momii Japanese

Momiyama Japanese
From 樅 (momi) meaning "fir tree" or 籾 (momi) "unhulled rice", combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Momoda Japanese

Momohara Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain"

Momoi Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Momoki Japanese

Momosaki Japanese
Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Momozawa Japanese

Monarrez Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monárrez): Altered Form Of Basque Munárriz Itself A Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From Munarritz (Also Amunarritz In Castilian Munárriz) A Town In Navarre.

Monasterio Spanish
Means "monastery" in Spanish, denoting a person who lives or works in a monastery.

Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.

Moncayo Aragonese
This indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain massif.

Monceaux English (?)

Monckton English
Possibly meaning "estate of monks"

Moncrief Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.

Moncrieff Scottish
Variant of Moncrief.

Moncrieffe Scottish
Clan Moncreiffe is a Scottish clan. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Monadh croibhe which means "Hill of the sacred bough". The plant badge of Clan Moncreiffe is the oak, this presumably comes from the sacred tree.... [more]

Moncton English
Variant of Monckton

Mondale English

Mondejar Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Mondéjar in Guadalajara province.

Monden Japanese
Possibly from 門 (kado, mon) meaning "gate, doorway, entrance" and 田 (ta, den) meaning "rice paddy, field."

Mondragón Spanish
From the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".

Mondragon Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Mondragón chiefly used in America and the Philippines.

Mondschein German, Jewish
topographic or habitational name referring to a house name meaning "moonshine" or a nickname for someone who was bald from the same word Middle High German mōne mān(d)e "moon" and schīn "shine".

Moneta Italian
Possibly originating from a nickname given to those who lived near a temple dedicated to Juno Moneta. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Peace recipient Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918).

Monkton English
Variant of Monckton

Monma Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Mono Japanese

Monoma Japanese
From Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"

Monopoli Italian
Italian: habitational name from a place called Monopoli in Bari province from Greek monē polis ‘single town’.

Monreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Monreal for example in Cuenca Teruel and Zaragoza provinces.

Monsell English
Variant of Mansell.

Monsivais Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monsiváis): Perhaps A Topographic Name Derived From Latin Mons Silvaticus ‘Wooded Mountain’ Or A Habitational Name From Monsivalls A Hill In Ribagorza In Huesca Province (Spain) Named From Latin Monte Ipsa Vallis ‘Mount Of The Valley’.

Monstein Romansh
Derived from the place name Monstein, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Mont French, Catalan, English
topographic name for a mountain dweller from Catalan and Old French mont "mountain" (from Latin mons genitive montis)... [more]

Montagné French
Variant of Montagne.

Montagnet French, Basque
Probably a diminutive of Montagne.

Montagu English
Variant of Montague.

Montaigu French
French form of Montague.

Montalbano Italian
Habitational name from Montalbano di Elicona in northeastern Sicily (earlier simply Montalbano), Montalbano Jonico (Matera province), or the district of Montalbano in Fasano, Brindisi.

Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.

Montalto Italian, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from monte "hill" and alto "high" (from Latin altus).

Montalvo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".

Montan French

Montaperto Italian
My father tells me this name means "open mountain." It seems to have come from a small area around Agrigento in Sicily, Italy.

Montcada Catalan

Montclair French

Monteagudo Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Monteagudo (‘pointed mountain’) from monte ‘mountain’ + agudo ‘sharp pointed’ (from Latin acutus from acus ‘needle’) for example in the provinces of Murcia Teruel A Coruña and Navarre.

Monteblanco French, Spanish
Originally from France "Mont Blanc" but translated when arrived in Spain.

Montecalvo Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements monte "mountain" and calvo "bald".

Montecchi Italian
Italian form of Montague.

Monte De Oca Spanish
Variant of Montes De Oca.

Montefiore Italian, Jewish
Derived from Montefiore, which is the name of several places in Italy. For example, there is Castle Montefiore in the town of Recanati (province of Macerata), the municipality of Montefiore Conca (province of Rimini) and the municipality of Montefiore dell'Aso (province of Ascoli Piceno)... [more]

Montehermoso Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone from the municipality of Montehermoso in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

Monteith Scottish
From the name of the district of Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who played Finn Hudson on the American television series Glee (2009-2015).

Montejano Spanish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Montejo

Monteleone Italian
From various place names, meaning "mountain lion", or "mountain of the lion".

Montemayor Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.

Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".

Monterd Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Monterd d’Albarrazín or Monterd.

Monterde Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Monterd.

Monterei Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Monterrey.

Monterey Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish monte meaning "mountain" and rey meaning "king". (See Monterrey)

Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".